Greer Obituaries = Veteran

A native of McCormick, SC, a daughter of the late David and Florence Burgess Wardlaw, she was a retired educator with thirty-three years of teaching, having taught at Paris and Tigerville Elementary Schools. She was a member of Lee Road United Methodist Church.

The son of the late Eugene and Mary Kerr Mathis, he was born in Greenville, SC and was educated in Kings Mountain, NC.

In 1942, he entered Clemson Agricultural College, and took a hiatus from his studies in 1943 to serve in the U.S. Army in WWII. Mr. Mathis was awarded the Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal and the Army Occupation Medal.

Upon his return from duty, he married the late Martha Mae McClain. He graduated in 1952 from Clemson with a BS degree in Poultry.

Mr. Mathis was a staunch supporter of the poultry industry, had a wonderful, dry sense of humor and always wanted to retire and play golf.

A native of Spartanburg County, daughter of the late Robert Henry and Annah Williams Jones, she was a retired employee of Lyman Printing and Finishing and a member of Little Mountain Baptist Church, where she was Junior Sunday School Teacher for 50 years.

A native of Greer, she was a daughter of Mark Guy and Robin Lynette Miller Bomar of Taylors, an employee of Wells Fargo and member of Mountain View United Methodist Church. Marah was also a member of her church choir, Rivertree Singers and past member of Greenville Chorale.

A native of Greenville County, he was the son of Bailus Lee and Lonia Ross Smith, a US Army Veteran of World War II, a retired employee of Union Carbide, Purchasing Department and of the Baptist faith.

A native of Greenville County, son of the late Frank Stephens and Elizabeth Stephens, he served in the U.S. Army National Guard, was the owner of Stephens Auto and a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church.

A native of Shelby, North Carolina, daughter of the late Rev. Hoyle B. and Zelma D. Alexander, she moved to Greer, South Carolina in 1970, enjoyed a long time career in real estate with C. Dan Joyner as Broker-In-Charge, and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church.

Many would have been happy to enjoy their retirement years, but Pat was one who enjoyed meeting and helping others.

She began a new career at Greer State Bank as one of their two Customer Service Attendants and worked until her health prevented her to continue.

Pat was known in her community as one who loved her church, family and friends.

Most of all she always was our prayer warrior. Her motto was ?take it to the Lord? and she lived her motto.

A native of Spartanburg County, daughter of the late Oscar Alexander and Clara Gertrude Bentley Brown, she went to Washington, DC at the age of sixteen, during World War II, to work for the US Information Agency (USIA), now known as the US State Department; she served two tours for the Foreign Service in Rome, Italy at the US Embassy. She returned to Greenville, SC to work for Congressman James Mann and then began her career with the Social Security Administration, where she retired.